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Thursday, January 29, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5 iHC 2 nightclub to re-open doors -3 months after damaging fire TI0\ be & By Lauren Naylor Reporter | Hv If’s cold, empty and dark. Still, here are pink light bulbs to be . §|B">'ed in, paintings to be hung, Je P ai tink couches to be delivered and ar- P-ro.Mgied, and seemingly thousands of ithfr small yet essential tasks to be ill me : om|)leted. High upon a ladder, Fari Borz Es- i, Hri adjusts a strobe to hit the reshly painted wall perfectly. He is ^ ireparing for today’s grand re- pening of his nightclub, MC 2 . p.ffi |ti <• club suffered $60,000 in lamages from a Nov. 1 Fire still un- i ler|investigation by the fire depart- lent. The club moved to the location of istakhri’s Eastgate Live shortly after he fire, but has been closed since Hgate re-opened Jan. 15. il Learl Esiakhri says he thinks MC 2 is suc- essful because it uses unusual and ?et ai inovative ideas. “t)ui atmosphere is not dull,” he ays “That’s the whole story about ]|ll hisldub. It’s new. We have young icoble — energetic people.” _ HC 2 manager Deanna Mullenix itenupts as she peeks in the door, TS:i joking for a paint brush. he club radiates energy,” Mul- ?nix says. She says she named the club MC 2 to represent the high en ergy of the people and music there. MC 2 is Albert Einstein’s formula for mass times the speed of light, she reminds. Estakhri, a native of Shiraz, Iran, explains what success means to him. “To be successful, you just have to “Our atmosphere is not dull. That’s the whole story about this club. It’s new. We have young peo ple, energetic people. ” — Fari Borz Estakhri, owner ofMC 2 nightclub. work hard and be in the right spot at the right time,” he says. He struts across the room and down the stairs to his pink and black office and makes a couple of calls. “I don’t see myself as a successful person,” Estakhri continues. “To me, successful is Bob Hope. “Successful, to me, is the guy that does not have to worry about his to morrow. He has his capital of a few million, so he is established. “But right now, you know, tomor row can change like that,” he says with a snap of his Fingers. “You can not say that is successful. “See, to have a successful club, it doesn’t make you successful. It’s like, when winter comes out, you get pre pared, you put your sweaters out, you make sure to have all your vita mins so you don’t catch cold. You put your heater out. You get pre pared for winter. “And, you know, by little bit pre paration and research, you can be successful.” Estakhri says part of the success of the club is picking up good ideas and putting them together. Sectioning off a corner of the club as an art gallery is a new idea gener ated by Estakhri and Mullenix. This new addition will feature the work of local artists, including stu dents. Estakhri said he wants to give exposure to upcoming artists. The artists will price their work, and art will be rotated in and out of the club every two weeks. Estakhri also will be selling miscel laneous items like antique hats and jewelry. Problem Pregnancy? we listen, we care, we help Free pregnancy tests concerned counselors Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Service We’re local! 1301 Memorial Dr. 24 hr. Hotline | 823-CARE Automotive Service complete Auto & Truck Service Foreign & Domestic Gas & Diesel 1108 S. 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Sam and 9am - in the Blocker Building, Room 102 10am - in Biological Sciences Building - West, Room 025 10am - in the Agronomy Building, Room 100 12noon - in the Blocker Building, Room 164 1 pm and 2pm - in the Blocker Building, Room 164 2pm - in the Blocker Building, Room 161 Classroom presentations for staff, and open to the public. students, faculty, leattl id del throK : me! ] in!! irmsi ilicatk Texas lawmakers impressed with first speech from Wright ons : ulable ■lemo: WASHINGTON (AP) — While Resident Reagan received grades ip and down the scale for his State >f the Union message, most Texans igreed that Jim Wright came off .ery well in his First major speech to ;he nation as House speaker. Republicans in the Texas dele- -School bans mg a; 4year-old its from spell-off HOUSTON (AP) — A spelling vhi/ was anxiously counting the ■ days until his school’s spelling bee, 11 yut his hopes of winning were shat- 11 Vered when of ficials told him that at ige 4, he was too young to compete. Since the school year started, Ro- r con tan Varavadekar has been memoriz- [V and fig words and winning competi- erties.T 0 i s , hoping to reach the national ompetition in Washington, D.C. d H ’ But Tuesday night, after a sec-, n g ul mi-grader was named winner of s P et;: he competition, Rohan still was e firm vaiting to spell for an audience. “Last week, they (officials at the is ("Oprivate school) told us we couldn’t go for 1 o the Final because he is too young and or it,” his mother, Kranti Varavade- stoUdar, said. “I have no gripes about hat, except that they let him win so nuch and get his hopes up.” rank t But school principal Betty Moore terol aid officials had told the parents nteriiffrom the beginning that because he a outrejs a pre-kindergarten pupil, Rohan ty shftyas ineligible to compete beyond the jehool contest.. Among Rohan’s repertoire are ^rebwords such as abbreviate, Velcro, ts befJ 'tnd tholoid. (assUid® ur I hat’s my favorite,” he said of Blatter. “I don’t know what it is. t’sjust so funny.” gation said the president had man aged to reaffirm his will to Fight for a balanced budget amendment and line-item veto power while dispelling fears that his physical vitality was waning. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, said, “He was the picture of a president with a vision for America — facing the Iranian thing head-on, assuming responsibility for it, but, most impor tantly, getting on with the job of run ning the nation.” Reagan reiterated his support the Nicaraguan rebels and for a strengthened U.S. defense. He also admitted mistakes had been made by his administration in its dealings with Iran, but didn’t specifically mention the arms sales. Democrats in the delegation ac cused the president of trotting out the same old issues in the same old way he has for the past six years. But when they turned to their new speaker’s response, they had only high praise. Rep. Marvin Leath, D-Waco, said, “I just told him at lunch that I though he’d done a terrific job. “I think he did it without any feel of partisan rhetoric,” Leath said. “He laid out a series of goals I think anyone can stand on, regardless of philosophy.” Wright, of Fort Worth, who was joined by Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia in giving the Democratic re sponse, pledged to work with the president over the next two years, but warned something would have to be done about the deficit, trade and — most quickly — the Iranian crisis. Leath, who lost last week in his bid to snatch the Armed Services Com mittee chair from Rep. Les Aspin, D- Wis., said he is looking forward to watching Wright grow into a truly great communicator for the Demo cratic Party. “Obviously, those of us who work here know there’s a difference when you make a Fiery speech on the floor and when you make a speech on the tube to the nation,” Leath said. “Here’s a man who’s only been in this office less than a month and he’s doing this well, and this is just his First pop. I think he’s going to be one of the best ever.” Robert N. Reeves, a Dallas attor ney and long-time friend of Wright, said he had mixed emotions about the president’s speech. “I kind of wanted him to do good, and he really didn’t,” Reeves said. But when Wright delivered his speech in a down-to-earth, folksy way, Reeves said he felt only pride for his old friend. “Jim came on and really upstaged the president,” he said. “He was very conservative, wanting to cooperate but wanting to let people know that there are some very important things in this country that need to be addressed.” Wright accused the administra tion of abandoning the nation’s youth by piling on them a huge defi cit and by chopping programs for higher education. “Education is the fuel that runs the locomotive,” Wright said, “and the 100th Congress is determined to restore education to its rightful place at the pinnacle of our national prio rities/’ Lloyd Bentsen, Democratic chair man of the trade-oriented Senate Fi nance Committee, said he was glad to hear the president say he planned to propose “legal and regulatory re forms and weapons” to Fight unfair trade practices. “This is a change in direction and I’m just delighted to see it,” Bentsen said. Republicans in the delegation ex pressed confidence in the president, and complimented him on his stands on Nicaragua and the youth of America, but several criticized the lack of a mention of energy policy. Floriculture Ornamental Horticulture Club PLANT SALE 3T. Sat., Jan. 31 10 am-2 pm Sigma Alpha Epsilon Spring Rush ’87 ''•'--■/ur- E - Dog Ski Lodge Fireside Smoker at the SAE House Thursday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. Coat and Tie Date Party Aggieland Hotel Ballroom Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. SAE House 822-1377